Fukushima Daiichi Debris Samples Reveal Dangerous Link
A detailed TEPCO document from July 2018 gives some important new insight into the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the
Read moreA detailed TEPCO document from July 2018 gives some important new insight into the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi and the
Read moreTEPCO has installed the fuel removal cover building on unit 3, but not without some glitches. An inverter that controls
Read moreNHK’s new documentary, Meltdown: Cooling Water Crisis provides new insight into a series of less known events in the Fukushima disaster.
Read moreTEPCO published a handout covering the recent worker training for a rather low tech system to refill unit 3’s spent
Read moreTEPCO released additional information related to the pedestal area inspection inside unit 3. Among this new data was some unexpected
Read moreA group of businesses and doctors from Fukushima prefecture are suing GE in US court over the negligence of their
Read moreThis is a continuing report on the new findings for the reactors at Fukushima Daiichi from the recent NDF Conference.
Read moreTEPCO and the decommissioning authorities have reported on the ongoing delays at Fukushima Daiichi. As we reviewed these reports we
Read moreTEPCO announced late Friday the preliminary results of the unit 3 reactor muon scan. The muon scan is capable of
Read moreDay 3 of the inspections inside the unit 3 pedestal have been concluded. TEPCO did not report if the ROV
Read moreTEPCO has announced that they have found what they believe is fuel residues inside the pedestal area of unit 3.
Read moreTEPCO announced that the containment inspections for unit 3 will start today. This will include a more direct inspection than
Read moreTEPCO published press handouts that there will be a muon scan of Fukushima unit 3 starting in May of 2017.
Read moreA new quadcopter drone has been introduced for use at Fukushima Daiichi. The RISER quadcopter is currently in use to
Read moreTEPCO announced that they would further delay spent fuel removal at unit 3, citing high radiation levels. Spent fuel removal
Read moreThe cover building installation for unit 3 is currently underway. A TEPCO handout from January 17th shows a “stopper” bracket
Read moreTEPCO began installing the first sections of the defueling building this week. The decking is the first portion of what
Read moreThe process to remove the spent fuel from the pool at unit 3 will be a long term project but
Read more3D inspections of the unit 3 torus room are set to begin December 22nd. This work is expected to investigate
Read moreTEPCO has made two major admissions on the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The Japanese press has documented these two out of
Read moreTEPCO sent the small 3D printed robot equipped with a smart phone into inspect the unit 3 containment hatch a
Read moreYomiuri Shimbun is reporting a new analysis by Japan Atomic Energy Agency that shows Fukushima unit 3 may have released
Read moreTEPCO states that data gathered will be released later. They have released some images of the second day of containment
Read moreTEPCO has released a set of images taken inside the containment structure of unit 3 on March 20th. This is
Read moreTEPCO quietly announced that October 20th they would conduct the first containment inspection of unit 3. This is significant work
Read moreNRA is doing pre-restart inspections on Takahama unit 3, even after the potential restart of the reactor was blocked by
Read moreTEPCO successfully removed the fuel handling crane from the spent fuel pool on August 2nd amid problems with fog. The
Read moreTEPCO announced that they have completed the concreting of the unit 3 seawater piping trench system. Two vertical shafts are
Read moreThe remains of the unit 3 fuel handling crane will be removed from the spent fuel pool August 2nd. TEPCO
Read moreTEPCO plans to remove the remains of the fuel crane from the pool this week using a special pair of
Read moreTEPCO released significant new information about the plan and progress for dealing with unit 3’s spent fuel pool. The report
Read moreTEPCO and IRID recently published details on the first efforts to probe the unit 3 reactor at Fukushima Daiichi. In
Read moreThe unit 3 spent fuel pool gate was inspected further after concerns that the fuel handling crane could have damaged
Read moreNHK is reporting that TEPCO has admitted that two spent fuel pool gates at unit 3 are damaged. They described the first
Read moreTEPCO told Yomiuri Shimbun that they expect to begin removing spent fuel at the unit 3 reactor within the 2015
Read moreAn oil leak occurred in the spent fuel pool of unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi today as work was under
Read moreTEPCO announced a two week delay in work to install a frozen underground wall around the leaking reactors at Fukushima
Read moreTEPCO concreted the unit 3 trench in some unannounced work at Fukushima Daiichi. The unit 2 cable trench had been
Read moreNRA has issued an administrative order over the misuse of spray dust inhibitors. While the subject sounds benign, this corner
Read moreTEPCO’s report on contaminated dust dispersal that ended up contaminating rice fields north of the damaged nuclear site may indicate
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